Hinged double comb



May 13, 1941. s. FOSTER, JR- y 1 2,241,879

HINGED DOUBLE COMB Filed June 27, 1940 INVENTOR S/m/e/ Fos me Je.

ATTORNEY Patented May 13, 1941 HIN GED DOUBLE COMB Samuel Foster, Jr.,Cranston, R. I., assignor to Fosgood Corporation, Leominster, Mass., acorporation of Massachusetts Application June Z7, 1940, Serial No.342,608

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a comb and more particularly to a folding combfor dressing hair.

One object of the invention is to provide a comb for arranging,smoothing and brushing hair comprising a pair of comb members havingtheir backs hinged together, and adapted to be used in combination, as adouble comb, or separately as individual combs.

Another object is to provide a hinged double comb with means for holdingthe two comb members together in their closed position with the two setsof teeth spaced slightly from each other laterally.

A further object is to provide a folding comb that may be openedsubstantially flat for ease in cleaning the teeth of the comb membersand to permit of using each comb separately.

A still further object is to provide a comb of the folding type ofsimple and compact construction that may be conveniently carried in ahandbag, purse, pocket, and the like.

The accompanying drawing illustrates a preferred embodiment of theinvention in which- Figure 1 is a conventionalized plan View of thecomb, showing the pair of hinged comb members in their closed position;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the two comb members opened flat; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view, on a slightly enlarged scale, taken on theline 3--3 of Figure 1.

The comb, which is indicated generally by the reference character Il),comprises a pair of comb members II and I2. The comb member II has aback I3 and teeth I4 while the comb member I2 similarly has a back I5and teeth I6. v The teeth of one of the comb members, as the member I2,are lpreferably finer and shorter than those of the other.

The opposed faces I1 of the backs I3 and I5 are at so as to contact eachother and to provide a limiting stopt when the combs are turned or swungtowards each other into closed position. On referring to Fig. 3, it willbe seen that one of the comb members, as for example the member II, hasa shoulder I8 at the lower edge that serves to space the two sets ofteeth slightly apart from each other. The upper edge I9 is concave toturn about the tubular upper edge portion 20 of the other back so thatthere will be no opening between the two backs in any position of thecomb members.

The combs are hinged together in any suitable manner at their ends 2|and 22, or elsewhere along the upper edges of their backs to permit ofturning one upon the other from the closed position of Figure 1 to theopen position of Fig. 2, or vice versa.

In order to secure the two combs together temporarily in their closedposition, the inner face of the back of one of the comb members isprovided with one or more studs 23 that are intended to snap intosockets 24 formed in the inner face of the back of the companion combmember.

The two comb members may be used together so as simultaneously toeffect' both a coarse and fine combing in one operation, or in the openposition, each comb may be used separately, Furthermore, when the combsare opened they may be cleaned more easily than the teeth of a unitarydouble comb.

Various modifications in the `details of the comb construction hereinillustrated and described may be made within the scope of the invention.as defined in the claims.

I claim:

1. A hinged double comb comprising two comb members each having a backand a set of teeth, the two comb members being hinged together at theirbacks, the two backs having flat inner faces that contact each other inthe closed position of the two comb members, the inner faces of theteeth of one of said comb members lying in substantially the same planeas the inner flat face of the back of said comb member, the inner facesof the teeth of the second comb member lying in a plane that is offsetfrom that of the inner ilat face of the back of said second comb member.

2. A hinged double comb comprising two comb member each having a backand a set of teeth, the two comb members being hinged together at theirbacks, the two backs having flat inner faces that contact each other inthe closed position of the two comb members, the back of one of saidcomb members having a rounded upper edge, the back of the other combmember having a concave upper edge that ts against the rounded upperedge of the rst comb member, the teeth of one of the comb members beingspaced from those of the other comb member.

SAMUEL FOSTER, J n.

